Healthcare, sport, wellness Flashcards
(121 cards)
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conventional medicine
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a normal system with doctors, etc.
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alternative medicine
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treatments which are used instead of standard treatments
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being vary of pharmaceuticals
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having a cautious and suspicious attitude
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try your hand at sth
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to try sth out
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primary care
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physicians
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= doctor
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locum
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a doctor who does the job if another doctor permanently
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acute condition
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one that is severe and sudden in onset
opp. chronic
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secondary care
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opp. primary care
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acute/sharping pain
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the severe one
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excruciating pain
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extremely painful
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ophthalmologist
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doctor for eyes
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obstetrician
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pregnancy and childbirth doctor
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shooting pains
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sudden severe pains that move through body
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stabbing pain
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a sudden pain
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paediatrician
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педіатр
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searing pain
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extreme pain
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anaesthetic
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анестезіолог
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complementary medicine
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= alternative medicine
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acupuncturists
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people who treat patients by using needles at special points around the skin
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chiropractor
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people who treat patients by pressing joints in places where they’re connected
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homeopathic doctor
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doctors who use tiny amounts of natural substances to treat an illness
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aromatherapist
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therapists who use aromatic oils and massage
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GP
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general practitioner (family doctor)
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surgery
small centre offering primary care
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prescription charge
charge for the medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at a pharmacy
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go private
choose private healthcare
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off-colour
e.g. You look a bit off-colour today.
not well
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to feel out of sorts
e.g. Peter overslept this morning and has been out sorts all day.
in an unhappy mood
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to fight off
e.g. I’m fighting off a cold at the moment.
try to get rid of
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to go down with flu (if we talk abt others)
to come down with flu (if we talk abt ourselves)
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to suffer from
e.g. Harry suffers from hay fever and sneezes a lot if he’s near grass and flowers.
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(the usual) aches and pains
e.g. Mum’s feeling fine, apart from the usual aches and pains .
a non-serious way to minor problems
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cuts and bruises
e.g. Jason had a few cuts and bruises when he fell off his bike, nothing serious.
minor injuries
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to sting
e.g. My hand’s been stinging ever since I touched that plant.
sudden, burning pain
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stiff neck
e.g. I have a stiff neck from sitting in a draught yesterday.
pain and difficulty in moving your neck around
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feverish
with a high temperature
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nauseous feeling
e.g. I had a terrible nauseous feeling after taking the medicine, but it passed.
feeling that you vomit
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tremble
= shake
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to be bunged up (inf)
e.g. My nose is all bunged up today with this horrible cold.
blocked nose
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get over
recover
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to be on the mend
e.g. Dan felt terrible last week, but he’s on the mend now.
to get better
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to be over the worst
e.g. It’s taking Hania some time to recover from her accident, but she’s over the worst now.
to pass the most difficult period
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to be back on her feet
fully healthy again
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contract a disease (formal)
e.g. He contracted malaria while he was traveling.
catch a disease
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an attack of hay fever
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(sustain) injuries
e.g. She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.
to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time/to suffer or experience
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low-dose medicine
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to have a past history of sth
record of medical conditions a person has experienced
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gastrointestinal disease
illness of the stomach
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terminally ill
e.g. A terminally ill man
having a serious illness and will die soon
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bowel problems
проблеми з кишечником
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adverse reactions
e.g. I had an adverse reaction to the injection.
unwanted results
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not to exceed the stated dose or duration of treatment
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side effects
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allergic reactions
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particles
e.g. Dust particles must have got into lunges.
small pieces
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ailing
e.g. the country’s ailing economy
unwell, sickly
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an ailing organisation
one that has a lot of problems
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a rash of burglaries
a number of similar things happening at the same time
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fever
high temperature; great excitement - election fever
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jaundiced = yellow looking skin because of a liver problem
idiom: jaundiced view = unenthusiastic or sceptical
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carry the scars of/ be scarred by
e.g. I’m afraid that children will always be scarred by experiencing war at a young age.
be permanently affected by a negative experience
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to have the finger on the pulse
E.g. That journalist really has his finger on the pulse of public opinion.
understand how things are changing
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to be impeded
e.g. the blood flow can be impeded
showed down or made difficult
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fatty plaque
жировий наліт
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to clog (up)
e.g. Eating too much fat causes your to clog up.
cause sth to become blocked
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stroke
e.g. She suffered a stroke that left her unable to speak.
інсульт
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to pose a danger
cause a problem
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to counteract
e.g. Drinking a lot of water counteracts the dehydrating effects of hot weather.
remove/reduce
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fibres
substance in food such as fruit, vegetables and brown bread, which travels through the body as waste
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lentils
сочевиця
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cardiovascular exercise
relating to the heart and blood
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BMI - body mass index
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be intent on
e.g. He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room.
be determined to
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brisk walking
quick and energetic
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to score an own goal
e.g. I scored an own goal when I told my boss it had only taken me a day to write several a week.
try to gain an advantage but made things worse for myself rather than better
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to move the goalposts
e.g. My boss always seems to be moving the goalposts, which makes it very difficult to know what he wants.
change the rules
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a level playing field
e.g. The new EU laws aim to provide a level playing field for all member states.
fair situation
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to be in the running
e.g. He’s too young to be in the running for such a job.
seriously considered
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to be neck and neck
e.g. The two main parties in the election are still neck and neck in the opinion polls.
level with each other and equally likely to win
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skate around
e.g. Politicians often skate around a subject.
don’t talk directly about
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to sail through
e.g. The students all sailed through their exams.
pass very easily
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vigorous exercises
very energetic
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untimely death
too early death
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humane
e.g. The humane way of dealing with a suffering animal is to kill it quickly.
showing kindness, care, sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering
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adrenaline rush
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outbreak
e.g. an outbreak of cholera/food poisoning/rioting/ war
when sth unpleasant begins
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epidemic
in a region, among a population
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pandemic
global epidemic
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contagious disease
transmitted from person to person by contacting
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air-born virus
вірус, який передається повітряно-крапельним шляхом
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asymptomatic
e.g. During the pandemic lots of people were asymptomatic spreading the virus.
безсимптомний
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feel under the weather
e.g. I felt under the weather the whole weekend.
in a bad mood, not well
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home remedy
e.g. The home remedy my mom’s made is ideal against pickles.
medications prepared at home to treat certain ailments without any prescription or professional supervision
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mitigation measures
e.g. Government has gathered to implement new mitigation measures that will lower the spread of coronavirus.
заходи щодо зниження
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containment
e.g. The spreading disease overwhelmed all attempts at containment.
the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful
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agonize
e.g. She agonised for days over whether she should take that medicine.
spend a lot of time trying to make a decision
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cross with
annoyed/angry
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gloat (over/about; at)
e.g. She’s continually gloating over/about her job.
зловтішатися
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rejoice (at/in/to)
e.g. Everyone rejoiced at the news of his safe return.
to feel or show great happiness about sth
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snap
e.g. You’ll snap the ruler if you bend it too far.
to cause sth that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound OR get angry
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administer
e.g. The medication was administered by someone in another room.
to give sth to someone
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inoculate
e.g. My children have been inoculated against covid.
to give a weak form of a disease to person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease
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nursing home
house for old people
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syringe
шприц
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ward
палата в лікарні
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come out in spots
e.g. This heat has made me come out in an itchy red rash.
be covered with spots
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pull through
manage to stay alive after you’ve been very ill
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to be a far cry from sth
e.g. This flat is a fat cry from the house we had before.
to be completely different
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medical negligence
лікарська недбалість
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holistic approach
thorough approach
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a nip and tuck
plastic surgery
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stigmatize
treat someone or sth unfairly by disapproving of him/her
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spring to mind
come quickly into your mind
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a cast iron stomach
very resilient stomach
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hale and hearty
in excellent health (especially about old ppl)
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shelf life
e.g. Fresh fruit has a very short shelf life.
срок годності
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dexa scan
x-ray of bones
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deconditioning
the process of losing physical strength through being ill, injured or not active
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inactivity pandemic
